US 12,297,089 B2
Autonomous conveyance robot for cross-dock operations
Jefferson Maldonado, Fort Smith, AR (US); Dylan Henderson, Fort Smith, AR (US); Srijith Umakanth, Fort Smith, AR (US); David Albers, Fort Smith, AR (US); Mark Belin, Fort Smith, AR (US); Kenneth Lee Noblitt, Fort Smith, AR (US); and Brock Mcallister, Fort Smith, AR (US)
Assigned to INNOVATIVE LOGISTICS, LLC, Forth Smith, AR (US)
Appl. No. 17/794,103
Filed by Innovative Logistics, LLC, Fort Smith, AR (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/020482
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/178413, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/984,581, filed on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402734 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01); B66F 9/24 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2024.01)
CPC B66F 9/063 (2013.01) [B66F 9/0755 (2013.01); B66F 9/07554 (2013.01); B66F 9/07568 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated conveyance robot comprising:
a main frame having a front end and a rear end;
a rear drive assembly coupled to the main frame near the rear end of the main frame;
a front drive assembly,
wherein a first end of the front drive assembly is coupled to the front end of the main frame;
a power system for powering the rear drive assembly and the front drive assembly;
a counterweight assembly independently removably coupled to a top surface at the rear end of the main frame;
a lift carriage pivotally coupled to a second end of the front drive assembly by a pivot joint at the second end,
wherein the first end is opposite the second end, and
wherein the lift carriage is configured to removably coupled to a moveable platform.